They're slippery characters though, difficult to grab hold of....Could it be because of the slime ?..what is the slime ? is one fish's slimy slippery stuff the same as another fisheys slimy stuff ?..and why the scales ?....and do all fishies have scales ? If a fishey gets careless and loses a scale, does it grow back ? ...are fish scales like finger nails ?

As a firm believer in empirical study I asked an old lady who had just bought some fish fingers....she responded by saying that the no 73 bus would be along soon !!..so..no luck there....and she had purple hair....and smelled of wee !! Though I welcomed her answer Ijust don't think she really helped me !

They're slippery characters though, difficult to grab hold of....Could it be because of the slime ?..what is the slime ? is one fish's slimy slippery stuff the same as another fisheys slimy stuff ?

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Slime is secreted from cells in the very outside layer of the skin. In some cases, the placement of these slime-producing cells determines what species of fish it is. The cells produce what is called a glyco-protein, which is then mixed with the water making the slimy mucus

They're slippery characters though, difficult to grab hold of....Could it be because of the slime ?..what is the slime ? is one fish's slimy slippery stuff the same as another fisheys slimy stuff ?

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Slime is secreted from cells in the very outside layer of the skin. In some cases, the placement of these slime-producing cells determines what species of fish it is. The cells produce what is called a glyco-protein, which is then mixed with the water making the slimy mucus

This must be the reason that the 'old worlde sweet shop' owned by a Sharky The shark went out of business. Every time I went in there to get a quarter lb of cola cubes he'd just guestimate the amount and give far too much away and just charge me for a quarter lb !..I did wonder why he never attempted to weigh the correct amount !...

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